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May 2000
Clinical cases on detection of critical limb ischemia
How relevant is transcutaneous measurements in the detection of critical limb ischemia? Acutecaretesting.org has asked a group of respected researchers and clinicians in the US and Europe to describe how they use transcutaneous measurements in their daily work.
Blood gases/acid-base
Article
December 1999
Management of point-of-care testing
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a delivery option for performing laboratory testing closer to the patient. Due to increasing healthcare pressures for faster turnaround of laboratory results and the development of a broader menu of testing devices, POCT is growing in popularity. Devices today are more portable,...
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Hemoglobins
Article
December 1999
Point-of-care testing for blood gases and electrolytes
The pro-con debate on the advisability of introducing POCT deals with the likely clinical benefits but – to an even higher degree – with the economic aspects. We discuss various models for determining the costs, and some caveats.
Blood gases/acid-base
Electrolytes
Point-of-care testing
Glucose
Article
June 1999
Application of hemoglobin derivatives in STAT analysis
Our ability to assess the oxygenation status in critical care with a high degree of accuracy has improved as a result of recent developments in optical technology.
The determination of the oxygenation status, however, remains a complex issue due to its multifaceted nature. This review discusses the definitions,...
Blood gases/acid-base
Glucose
Lactate
Hemoglobins
Article
June 1999
Carbon monoxide intoxication - diagnosis and treat
The effects of carbon monoxide poisoning have been found to be greatly alleviated, or in some cases eliminated, through the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This paper discusses the pathophysiology of carbon monoxide intoxication and presents an overview of its treatment.
Blood gases/acid-base
Hemoglobins
Article
December 1998
The current status of transcutaneous blood gas analysis and monitoring*
The possibility of continuously monitoring arterial blood oxygen and carbon dioxide using heated surface electrodes on human skin was discovered in the early 1970s and made commercially available by 1976.
These devices were applied initially to premature infants in an effort to reduce the incidence of blindness due...
Blood gases/acid-base
Neonatology
Lactate
Article
Article
December 1998
Postoperative transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring in neurosurgery
Postoperative monitoring in critical care patients has become a widening field over the past few decades. Improvements in outcome can be related to advances in this field as well as in intraoperative management and preoperative assessment.
Blood gases/acid-base
Article
Article
December 1998
Transcutaneous oxygen tension in non-invasive vascular medicine
Measurement of transcutaneous oxygen tension (tcpO2) has gained worldwide acceptance as a simple and effective method of evaluating cutaneous blood flow in settings where skin viability and the adequacy of skin blood flow are of major concern.
An example of such a setting is the non-invasive vascular laboratory at...
Blood gases/acid-base